Voices: Steve Turner, Los Angeles

Steve Turner

Steve Turner is the owner and Director of his eponymous gallery located in Los Angeles.

Camilo Restrepo with Steve Turner Gallery on Future Fair Online
Kevin McNamee-Tweed with Dutton x Stever Turner Gallery on Future Fair Online

Camilo Restrepo Bowling For Medellín 4, 2019 Ink, water-soluble wax pastel, tape, newspaper clippings, glue, stickers and saliva on paper 66 x 164 inches (167.6 x 416.6 cm). Courtesy of Steve Turner Gallery

Who is the artist in your program that you have worked with the longest? How did that relationship begin?

Pablo Rasgado. I was doing studio visits in Mexico City and a curator suggested that I visit him. I did so and immediately offered him a solo exhibition with us in Los Angeles. That was in 2011. He has had five more as well as solo art fair projects with us in Mexico City, Bogota, Madrid, Paris and Brussels.

What qualities do you look for in an artist?

Unusual talent, drive, integrity, purpose, intelligence and that they are a good match for our program.

Camilo Restrepo Any September is a Black September Down Here #2 (El Colombiano), 2016 Ink, water-soluble was pastel, tape, glue, newspaper clippings, lacquer and saliva on paper 70 x 58 inches (177.8 x 147.3 cm). Courtesy of Steve Turner Gallery.

Tell us about one show you are excited to present in your gallery this spring.

I can't single out just one so I will introduce the three artists that we will present with solo exhibitions in April/May 2020. In our main room, we will present Siro Cugusi who lives in a small mountain town in the center of Sardinia. He will present five new paintings that large imaginary landscapes. In our first project room, we will present new ceramic works by Kiyoshi Kaneshiro who lives in Alfred, New York. Finally, in our third room, we will present new paintings by Jingze Du, a Chinese-born artist who grew up in Dublin. They are predominantly grey, and as a group, all three artists well represent our program. We look all over the globe for unusual talent and frequently give artists their first solo exhibition in the United States.

Camilo Restrepo with Steve Turner Gallery on Future Fair Online

Kevin McNamee-Tweed with Dutton x Stever Turner Gallery on Future Fair Online

Installation view of Tight Rope by Camilo Restrapo, Steve Turner, September 2015. Courtesy of Steve Turner Gallery.

Steve Turner in front of piece by Camilo Restrepo.